Art in the Christian Tradition

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Chartres Cathedral; Arithmetic and Boethius; archivolts, right portal, west facade

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Top right outside archivolt of right portal, Mary portal. The Liberal Arts and wise ancients are represented. This closeup shows Arithmetic using an abacus, and Boethius looking outward. [Villette, pg. 41-47]

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Chartres Cathedral; Arithmetic and Boethius; archivolts, right portal, west facade, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26310 [retrieved December 9, 2016]. Original source: Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN.